Out-of-Bounds Affecting freetype package, versions [,2.5.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
9.03% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FREETYPE-2380990
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed12 Mar 2014
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 12 Mar 2014

CVE-2014-2240  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade freetype to version 2.5.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. Stack-based buffer overflow in the cf2_hintmap_build function in cff/cf2hints.c in FreeType before 2.5.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large number of stem hints in a font file.

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